[_ugfj]

I bought a HP-42S in West Germany in 1989, my first trip to the West when I was 14 (I was Hungarian at the time, now that's fixed, I am Canadian). Oh the memories.

Later, 1995, I got a HP 48G via Usenet (eBay opened the month when it arrived from the USA so it's not like I could've bought it there). A friend of mine have soldered four 128K SRAMs in there, stacked, with most legs just ran together vertically with the few data legs separated. Dave Arnett himself told us it's possible to change a G into a GX... https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.hp48/CS0lTpKkBHw/vn...

I still have it although I do not use it, it's one of the very few things I carried over when I immigrated.

Ps. Isn't the Internet fantastic? The easy communication with people you'd never be able to connect with otherwise and the astonishing archives allowing me to dig this 23 year old conversation up with ease.

[joezydeco]

I'm a proud 42S owner as well. I keep it safe in a drawer and use the Free42 build on iOS in my pocket:

http://thomasokken.nl/free42/

[e3pi]

I've a SKB case filled with HP calculators. It is your android FREE 42s I pack in the kit. Other than 3-D just-so HP's haptic double-injected keys, it's fantastic! Thank you Thomas for your phenomenal RPN gift to humankind!

[chx]

You are not replying to Thomas Okken, just FYI.

[joezydeco]

Yeah, sorry if that wasn't clear. I didn't write Free42. Just a happy user.

[wyclif]

The HP-48Gx models always had interesting cards and mods.